King James Version

Lamentations 3:53

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

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צָֽמְת֤וּtsametvconsumeצָמַתverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “consume”, a completed actionH6789to extirpate (literally or figuratively)consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.בַבּוֹר֙vaborin cisternבּוֹרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in cistern”, the ordinary formH953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.חַיָּ֔יchayaylifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וַיַּדּוּvayadvand castיָדָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cast”, the next action in the storyH3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).אֶ֖בֶןevenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).בִּֽיbiinבִּֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

Young’s Literal Translation

They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

World English Bible

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.

Darby Translation

They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.

Douay-Rheims

Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and laid a stone upon me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐθανάτωσαν ἐν λάκκῳ ζωήν μου, καὶ ἐπέθηκαν λίθον ἐπʼ ἐμοί.